Gang producing fake Dazzle clothing nailed
A factory where the fake garments were produced was raided by the police last month.
A factory where the fake garments were produced
A company representative explains the differences of the fake garments and the authentic ones.
Four suspects have been detained for allegedly selling fake garments of the fashion brand Dazzle, Diamond Dazzle and d’zzit, Shanghai police said on Wednesday.
Since 2014, the gang has allegedly sold over 15 million yuan (US$2.2 million) of the fake products through online shopping websites.
Police in the Pudong New Area started their investigation in December last year when Dazzle Fashion Co, the owner of the brands, reported the case.
Since some of the fake garments being sold at only 50 or 60 percent of the original prices and some before their authentic counterparts hit the shop shelves, the suspicion fell on a factory which the company had contracted.
Police found that a former production supervisor of the company and a current one who worked in the factory had provided designs to a man surnamed Lu and his wife who then organized production.
The couple sold the fake garments to two other suspects who purchased fake labels from another suspect to finalize the clothing for sale, police said.
A total of 37 suspects were caught in Guangdong, Hunan, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui provinces on April 17 in 10 locations, and 38,000 fake garments and 10,000 fake labels were seized.
One suspect, a man surnamed Xing, who produced the fake labels, has been detained. The others are still under investigation.
Shanghai Daily found that the fake clothing differs from the authentic in many aspects such as color, fabric, stitching and even pattern on clothing.
Ge Xuewen, the production director of the company, said the fake clothing could also be dangerous.
“Their fake down jacket uses feathers mixed with chicken feathers and used silk and then talcum powder to make it look puffy,” he said, adding that the talcum powder and excessive formaldehyde could be dangerous.
